Genesem Jumps 15% on Second SK hynix Back-End Equipment Order in Two Months
Shares of Genesem (제너셈; KOSDAQ: 217190), a Korean special-purpose machinery maker that builds semiconductor back-end (packaging and test) equipment, surged as much as roughly 15% on June 16 after d...
Samsung Biologics Returns to BIO USA for 14th Straight Year, Backed by Record Revenue and a $21 Billion Order Book
Samsung Biologics (207940.KS), the Songdo-based contract drug manufacturer that ranks as the world's largest biopharmaceutical producer by installed c
Samsung Securities, Hyundai, and LG Electronics Backed Tenstorrent — Now Qualcomm Is Circling at Up to $10 Billion
Qualcomm is in talks to acquire AI chip startup Tenstorrent at $8-10B. Three Korean firms — Samsung Securities, Hyundai Motor, LG Electronics — led its $693M Series D at a $2.6B valuation and stand to earn a 3-4x return.
Samsung Opens 9th C-Lab Outside Cohort for AI, Robotics
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), Korea's largest company and the world's biggest memory-chip and smartphone maker, on June 15 opened applications for the ninth
SK Plasma Breaks Ground on ₩900B Turkey Plasma Plant, Targeting European Drug Markets
SK Plasma and Turkish Red Crescent began construction of a ₩900 billion plasma fractionation facility in Ankara on June 15, marking South Korea's largest plasma
Korea's New Bio 'Control Tower' Holds First CEO Sit-Down — The Real Test Is a Strategy Due This Month
Korea's National Bioinnovation Committee held its first CEO meeting with pharma leaders on June 15, 2026. The real test comes with the Bio Innovation Strategy expected before end of June.
Korea Investment Adds Auto-Investing Notes to KakaoBank App
On June 15, two of Korea's largest brokerages made the same bet on the same day: that the cheapest way to reach retail savers is to rent the audience of Kakao's consumer apps rather than build their o
LG Energy Solution Courts US AI Talent as Q1 Losses Persist
LG Energy Solution (373220.KS), the world's third-largest electric-vehicle battery maker, held its annual Battery Tech Conference (BTC) — a recruitment-linked event that invites graduate-level researc
Korean Chips Jump 4-6% as U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Reopens Hormuz, Lifting KOSPI Past 8,500
South Korea's chipmakers led a broad risk-on surge on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that negotiations on a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
Celltrion Adds Two Cancer Biosimilars in Vietnam
Celltrion is widening its footprint in Vietnam, a small but fast-growing Southeast Asian market — a move that tells investors more about strategy than about this quarter's revenue.
Foreign Investors Trade $4.4B via Korea's Omnibus Accounts
Forest Partners Backs Battery 'Foundry' JR Energy Solution at ₩100 Billion in EV-Downturn Bet
Forest Partners, a Seoul-based private equity firm, has invested more than ₩10 billion ($7.3 million) in JR Energy Solution, a battery contract manufacturer fou